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1910 Map of Montgomery

Name: 1910 Topographic Map of Montgomery
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1910
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1910

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The Kanawha River serves as the industrial spine for this coal-country landscape at the turn of the century, where the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad tracks hug the riverbank to connect a dense string of mining and river towns. Settlements like Coalburg, Eastbank, and Cedar Grove are clustered along the water, while specialized rail hubs such as Paint Creek Junction and Cabin Creek Junction mark the entrance points to the hollows where resource extraction dominated the local economy.

Away from the main river valley, the terrain is defined by an intricate network of narrow ridges and named hollows, including Rube and Mill Hollow. Further south, the Virginian railroad pierces through the rugged geography near Montgomery and Mt Carbon. This 1908 survey preserves the locations of early post offices like Pratt PO, providing a detailed record of the era's settlement patterns before later industrial consolidation changed the character of these West Virginia communities.